Washing device



April 1943' G. P. WAKEFIELD 2,315,750

WASHING DEVICE Filed Jan. 6, 1942 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 6, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE wasimre DEVICE George P. Wakefield, Vermilion, Ohio Application January 6, 1942, Serial No. 425,765

4 Claims. (Cl. 68-205) This invention relates,-as indicated, to a washing device, but has reference more particularly to a diaper washing device.-

A primary object of the lnvention'is to provide a device of the aforesaid character which is admirably adapted for the prewashing of diapers, that is to say, the removal, by washing, of solid matter from diapers, preliminary to the storing of the diapers for a subsequent or final washing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the aforesaid character, which is portable, which can be readily mounted or supported for use on an ordinary toilet bowl, and which is of compact and sturdy construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, which has incorporated therein means for preventing it from slipping into the toilet bowl.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed todesignate like parts throughout the same.

Fig. 1 is a plan view, showing the washing device mounted on a toilet bowl;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view, indicated by the arrows 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the device will be seen to comprise a metallic tube I having secured a plurality of longitudinal ly spaced U-shaped wires 2 connected together, intermediate their ends, as by a wire 3, to form an openwork basket or box-like structure. The wire 2 is preferably welded or soldered to the tube I, and the wire 3 is preferably welded or soldered to the wires 2.

The free ends of the wires 2 are likewise connected to a wire 4 which is bent or curved to pro= vide ledges 5 which overhang the ends of the aforesaidbasket or box-like structure, and the ends of the wires 4 are connected, as by welding 0, to the tube I at points adjacent the end wires 2.

The wires 4 are extended beyond their points of connection to the tube I to provide short portions 1 which are parallel with the axis of the tube I and portions 8 which extend angularly to the portions 1 and terminate in down turned ends 3 the portions 1, 8 and 9 serving a Purpose to be presently described.

The tube I is provided along the side tnereor which faces the interior of the aforesaid basket with a multiplicity of perforations III, through which water may be sprayed downwardly from the tube l. The tube I is internally threaded at each end for the reception of a screw plug II, either end of the tube being thereby adapted for the attachment thereto of a flexible hose I2, while the other end of the tube is closed.. The hose- I2 may be connected to a source of water under pressure, such as a faucet.

In use, thedevice is mounted on a toilet bowl I3, in such a manner that the aforesaid basketlike structure is disposed within'the bowl, while the ledges 5 and portions 1 and 8 of the wires 4 rest on the upper edge l4 of the bowl, the basket being adjusted so that the downturned ends 9 of the wires 4 engage the outer surface of the edge I4 of the bowl to thereby prevent'the device from slipping into the toilet bowl. With the device thus mounted, the plug II is secured to either end of the tube I and the hose I2 is secured to the other end of said tube. Water is then admitted into the tube I, passing th'ence through the perforations I0 and down-.- wardly into the basket-like structure formed by the wires 2, 3 and 4, and then through said basket into the toilet bowl. The openings in the aforesaid basket-like structure are sufficiently large to permit the passage of solid matter from soiled diapers, and accordingly, while the water is thus being sprayed into the basket, soiled diapers may be swished up and down in said basket, the water loosening the solid matter and causing it to fall through the basket and into the bowl.

Although the device has been described as I made of metal, it will be understood that it may also be made of a plastic or other suitable material, and that it is not limited in use in combination with a toilet bowl, but may be used on a wash basin.

It is thus seen that I have provided a'device which is well adapted for the purposes stated, which is portable, whichcan be readily mounted or supported for use on an ordinary toilet bowl, and which is of compact and sturdy construction.

It is to be understood that the formof my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A washing device comprising a tube having openings therein for spraying water therethrough, and a receptacle consisting of a plurality of U-shaped wires secured at one end to said tube, and securedat the other end to a wire, the ends of which are secured to said tube, said last-named wire being bent to provide overhanging ledge portions at the ends of said receptacle.

2. A washing device adapted for use with a toilet bowl comprising a' tube having openings for spraying water therethrough and downwardly into the bowl, and a receptacle consisting ofa plurality of U-shaped wires secured at one end to said tube, and securedat the other end to a wire the ends of which are secured to said tube, said last-named wire being bent to provide overhanging ledge portions at the ends of said receptacle, said ledgeportions adapted for restin: on the sides of the upper edge of said bowl with the major portion of said receptacle disposed within said bowl below the level of the upper edge of the bowl.

3. A washing device comprising a foraminous receptacle including an open frame member at the top of said receptacle having laterally disposed portions at opposite ends of the receptacle to provide supporting ledges therefor, the end portions of said frame being spaced apart and extending beyond one side wall of the receptacle and being provided beyond said wall with down turned terminal portions, a spray tube connecting the spaced end portions of said open frame member and having spray openings disposed to direct a spray downwardly and inwardly of said ceptac1e and secured to the opposite ends of said open frame member, said frame member being provided with supporting ledge portions at opposite ends of the receptacle and with spaced hook portions, the ledge and hook portions being formed to respectively rest upon and to embrace the upper edge of a toilet bowl to support the receptacle within the confines of said bowl, said spray tube being provided with spray openings discharging downwardly and inwardly of said receptacle.

GEORGE P. WAKEFIELD. 

